This Acela II tied down at Race Street Yard is the second test train of the new Alstom 5th generation high speed trains that will replace the first generation Acela I built by Bombardier/Alstom th... (more)

Names of destinations no longer served could be seen when the split flap solari board updated.

The clicking and clacking of the split flap solari board turned heads away from phones and ipads like none other.

Norfolk and Western Business Car 300 (RPCX 300) departed its temporary home in Philadelphia, PA on the morning of Saturday, January 9, 2021. CSX GP40-2 6129 (née-BO 4230) was the power for Conrai... (more)

Norfolk and Western Business Car 300 (RPCX 300) departed its temporary home in Philadelphia, PA on the morning of Saturday, January 9, 2021. CSX GP40-2 6129 (née-BO 4230) does the honors for Conr... (more)

Norfolk and Western Business Car 300 (RPCX 300) departed its temporary home in Philadelphia, PA on the morning of Saturday, January 9, 2021. JCTX 9615 (MP15AC) positions the car for pickup by Conr... (more)

Norfolk and Western Business Car 300 (RPCX 300) departed its temporary home in Philadelphia, PA on the morning of Saturday, January 9, 2021. CSX GP40-2 6129 (née-BO 4230) does the honors for Conr... (more)

More than meets the eye...

CSX No. 824 leads an eastbound freight through a nondescript part of Northeast Philadelphia, PA, bound for points in North Jersey and New York state. Intere... (more)

Six CSX locomotives lead a freight over West Falls Bridge

Hey look - I done got all my CSX freight train photography done all in one shot! CSX ES44AC No. 3071 leads an eastbound freight ... (more)

GP40TC 527 and 521 behind (former 199 and 193) rest at Race Street Yard. These units were renumbered to make way for the P42 fleet and mostly saw work train service by this time. Soon they'd be re... (more)

GP38 722 and 721, GP40TC 521, 527, 523, Dash 8 513, AEM-7 953, HPPs and P42s at Race Street Yard. Note the string of NJT ALP46s and Amtrak Express cars.

Power for the southbound Orange Blossom Special threads its way into CSX’ East Side Yard in Philadelphia. After a CSX crew replaces the arriving Conrail crew, the mix of RF&P and CSX EMDâ... (more)

Power from the southbound Orange Blossom Special emerges from one of the tunnels under the intersection of 34th Street and Gray’s Ferry Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The EMD’s w... (more)

Three generations of high speed rail together, L to R: Bombardier Acela I, Budd Metroliner (now cab car), and Alstom Acela II. Although the Budd Metroliners had issues preventing them from living... (more)

New meets old... The next generation of Acela has an all new look, and will eventually phase out all of the original Acela I sets.